Position Opening within New Mexico Environment Department

The New Mexico drinking water program is seeking to fill an Advanced Civil Engineering position to be located in their Las Cruces office.  This position will provide technical, regulatory, and engineering assistance to Public Water Systems (PWSs) to ensure that the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the New Mexico Drinking Water Regulations are met. This position will be responsible for reviewing plans, specifications and other regulatory-based technical documents for drinking water infrastructure projects; decide if projects meet regulatory requirements or identify missing requirements; provide technical review of non-regulatory documents such as Preliminary Engineering Reports and Environmental Assessments; assist the Drinking Water Bureau Technical Services Team with engineering review of technical projects that PWSs need to either maintain or return to compliance with SDWA regulations; SOP development and implementation; technical training; emergency response technical assistance; project prioritization for PWSs that apply for public funding for system improvements; serve on the Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (CPE) team and Emerging Technologies Workgroup; and participate in the Area Wide Optimization Program activities.
The link for the full announcement, which includes the salary range and other details is NMENV 59991 and the point of contact for more details is Peter Nathanson at 505-222-9509.  The closing date for applications is August 1, 2016.